Amusement device



Nov. 10, l925 F. R. GLAss AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed Feb, -1'1`, 1925 2 sheets-sugar 1 Inventor Qlaou Patented Nov. l0,

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application led February 1l, 1925. Serial No. 8,378.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK R. Grass, a citizen of the'United States,l and a resident of the city. county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and vuseful Tmprovement in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device intended for use at amusement parks., carnivals, fairs and the like and has for its object to produce a device of this character which shall provide considerable amusement and enter-I tainment; which shall be of simple and strong construction and which shall be safe under all conditions of use.

With these objects, and such other objects as may hereinafter1 appear, in view, l have devised the particular1 arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanv ing drawings, forming a part hereof, in which 'Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved amusement device with the. roofs removed and the walls shown in section to clearly disclose construction and show the course of the various passages; and

Figure l2 is a sectional view of the same. taken approximately on the line 2-2 o f Figure 1, looking in the 'direction vof the arrows.

Throughout the various views of the drawings` similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the embodiment of my invention disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates the front or entrance platform of the device, said platform generally opening towards the street and being slightly elevated therefrom. The platform 1 is reached by steps 2, and if desired` a ticket-sellers booth may be placed upon the platform adjacent to the steps or it may be placed below the platform near the steps or in vany other convenient location'.

The purchaser of a ticket thus mounts the platform 1 by way ofthe steps 2 and passes into the entrance 3 and through aone; way turnstile 1, through. an inner entrance passage 5, and then enters upon a centrally located revolving platform 6. This revolving platform or table .6' is circular' in shape. and it consists of a flat top member Z (see Figure 2) which is mounted upon a central bearing 8 and rotates thereon. The table 6 may be driven in any suitable manner and by any suitable source of power and for this purpose l have shown the samel provided with aV circumferential groove 9 in itsl edge in which a cable 10 fits and drives the table. Said cable is actuated from a motor or from any other source of power n'ot shown. To steady said table and to provide an even and smooth rotary movement, I have shown the under side of the same provided with brackets 11 in which are mounted rollers 12 which ride vupon a rail 14 supported upon uprights 13 or upon suitable supporting frame of any kind,

The rotating table just described is prefA` erably driven in a clockwise direction as is indicate-d by the arrow in Figure 1 and the upper face of said table may be ornamented in any suitable manner. To provide a novel effect T have shown the same as ornamented in checker-board fashion or in the form of a cross-word puzzle, interest in which is high at the present time.

The table 6 is'surrounded by a high enclosing wall 15 and extending laterally and radiallyfrom the outer edge of the table is a plurality of chambers or pockets 16, which are located behind the wall 15. Each of said chambers or pockets 16 is provided with side walls 17, aback 18, a floor 19 and a roof 20. Each'of said chambers or pockets is also provided with'a central partition or dividing member 21 which extends radially from the table 6, and projects into the chamber 16 and thus divides the chamber so that the same is provided with two door openings 22 and' 23 leading from the-table.- Thus, a person who enters through the door 22' in Search of an exit will walk in the direction of the arrows (see `Figure 1), around the outer end of the partition 21. which end terminates short of the back of the chamberY 16', and out through the door 23 and back again on the platform or table G from whence he started. The reverse of this is also true; that is, if he enters through vthe door he will pass out throughthe door 22, again reaching the platform. V' f It will thus be seen that each pocket or chamber 16 is' in the nature of a continuous or blind passage which starts' from the revolvingl table and leads back upon it.

rThe floors'19 in' each of the pockets are placed upon :the same level the top of of separate plates could be used to :cove-rthe space between the edge of the table and the floors in the chambers. Y

The wall l5 which surrounds thetable 6 preferably has its inner face Lornamented with a cross-word puzzle design as shown,

so that when a person enters upon the table 6, he is standing yupon and is surrounded -by a complete cross-word puzzle design. As the table 6 revolvesin the direction of lthe arrow in Figure 1, he will .enterthrough` one of the doors 22, willvfollow the continuousA passage through the chamber 16 and pass out throughy the door V23 onto the table 6 which carries him to the `next chamber where the same procedure is repeated. 'This is continued until the chamber indicated at 25 is reached which is similar to the others `with the exception ofthe fact that' it is lprovided in one of its sides with an exitopening 26 through which the participants pass, entering then into the exit passage 27 and finally entering upon a slidekr or other trick device, suoli as a moving, rolling or shifting platform indicated diagrammatically at Q8, causing the participants to make an exit from the device in an amusingor vludicrous fashion, finally landing out on the -platform l from whence they started. f

l have `shown the chambers .or pockets 16v in the form of separate or spaced elements, each of which may be supported-by posts-29 or otherwise supported upon a suitable frame or foundation and on a level with the Y revolving platform. It is obvious that they Y that is, by

may be made in a single unitor arranged in' many ways "with `respect to the `platform to secure various effects'and results.V

I have also found it desirable to provide emergency exits for use incase of fire or for other reasons. These can be conveniently located as indicated diagrammatically at 30, placing them in the'enclosing wall 15 at points between the pockets or chambers 16 and ythese exits maybe inthe form of normallv closed invisible doors `which may Y be cuicklv and readily swungopen when 'it inside ofthe device when Yan emergencycccurs. Ladders'orsteps can lead or-extend to the ground from said. exits.V VIt will'thus be seen that by this construction an emerfk gency exit is chambers 16.

,At-each -en d Aof the platfornl l are f shown spacesf-Bl and'32 which are. enclosed byback and end walls 33 and134fsuch spaces being rentedl for-o1 `rused-J byistanclslor. concessions;

Tt will "be ,apparent thati'my 4i1'ufpiovil provided between veach Apair of amusement device can be ,-inade in many' novel and amusing forms. In carrying out the cross-word puzzle effect herein suggested, I construct 'the entrance and exit openings in the form of large cdictionaries "having openings through the center through 'which the participants pass. This and manyfother novel arrangements, including said table, each of said chainbers'having a Y continuous passage wayV extending from said table and leading back upon it.

2. A device Vof the class'described compris ing a vrotary table, a well enclosing the same, a plurality of chambers extending from said table'and located behind said wall,each of said chambers having a continuous passage way extending from said table and through the Wall and leading back through thewall and onto the table. Y

3. A kdevice of the class described .coinprising a rotary table, a plurality .of lateral chambers, each of said chambers being provided with a single continuous pas-V sage way beginning at said table and eX- 'tending through the chamber and terminating at the table. Y

4. A device of the class described comprising a rotary table, a` wallV surrounding the same, a plurality ing radially from saidwall, each of said chambers being provided with a single continuous passage way having an kentrance extending through saidy wall and havinga terminating opening ata distance from said openingboth leading from the rotary. table'.

5. A device of the class describedy having a central rotary table, an entrance and an exit therefor, a plurality of chambers en 7 tending from the sides of said table, each of said chambers being provided with a pair .of openings extending into it from the table and a `single continuous passage way exing said openings. Y Y g 6. A device of the class described coniprising a rotary table, a continuous enclosure .through fthe wall fromfthe table-into the chamber, and also provided Twith f an texit pning extending from: the tabley llto the chamber. and elsing-1e ftltnumis Palsag tending through the chamber and 'coiuicctf e l is desired to provide readyegress from the surrounding the same, an entrancefleading extending through the chamber and connecting the last mentioned entrance and exit openings.

7. A. device of the class described comprising an enclosed rotary table, spaced and independent chambers extending therefrom, cach of said chambers having a pair of outlets leading to the table, a single passage extending through each of said chambers and connecting thc outlets, and normally closed cn'iergency exits located between the spaced chambers.

S. A device of the class described comprising an outer platform, steps leading thereto, an inner central rotary table, an entranc'e connecting lsaid outer platforn'i with said table, an exit connecting said table with said platform, a pluralityv of spaced and independent chambers arranged about the edges of said table, each of said chamhers being provided with a blind pass-age beginning and terminating at the table.

9. A device of the class described comprising a rotary table, a plurality of chambers leading therefrom, an enclosure for said table, each of said chambers being provided with a blind passage beginning and terminating at the table, with the inner face of the enclosure and the upper face of the table ornamented with a cross-Word puzzle design.

10. A device of the class described comprising a rotary table', an enclosing Wall extending about the same, a. plurality of chambers extending from the outer edge of `said table, partitions projecting inwardly into said chambers to provide each of 'said chambers With a. continuous passage having spaced terminations located at the edge of the table.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 13rd day of January, 1925.

FREDERICK R. GLASS. 

